A Computer Shall Not Waste Your Time

A Well-designed And Humane Interface Does Not Have To Be Split Into Beginner And Expert Subsystems.

I Am Only A Footnote, But Proud Of The Footnote I Have Become. My Subsequent Work On Eliciting Principles And Developing The Theory Of Interface Design, So That Many People Will Be Able To Do What I Did Is Probably Also Footnote-worthy. In Looking Back At This Turn-of-the-century Period, The Rise Of A Worldwide Network Will Be Seen As The Most Significant Part Of The Computer Revolution.

The System Should Treat All User Input As Sacred.

A Computer Shall Not Waste Your Time Or Require You To Do More Work Than Is Strictly Necessary.

As Far As The Customer Is Concerned, The Interface Is The Product.